The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-24
LIVELY FOR THE UMPIRE.
stony" SUCK IN A VERY UNEN-
VIABLE POSITION.

The Savannah-New Orleans Game
Broken Up in the Eighth Inning by
the Withdrawal of the Home Team
The Directors Refuse to Submit to
Umpire Sucks Decisions-The Visit
ors Get the Game by a Score Of to 4,
Savannah 4, New Orleans g.
Memphis 4, Charleston 3.
The visiting clubs were the winners in the
Southern League yesterday. The Savan-
nah game, after seven innings and part of
the eighth had been played, ended in 'he
withdrawal of the home team from the
field. Umpire Sucks decisions from the
start were dead against Savannah.
The game at the beginning Of the eighth
inning was 4 to 2 in New Orleans favor.
The home team made two runs, tieing the
score. The visitors then went to the bat
AydeIotte led off with an out Cartwright
reached third base and was max
ing a desperate effort to get home
He was ten feet off the base when Geiss
sent a long fiy into centre field. Peltz fielded
the ball and threw it home. Instead of re-
turning to his base after the ball left the bat
Cartright started home from where he was
and scored. The rule requires that runner
shall not leave his base on a fly until the
ball has been fielded Manager Peltz
protested against the decision, but the UNI
pire refused to recognize him. This decis-
ion, following half dozen others equally as
bad, brought things to crisis The direc-
tors instructed Manager Peltz to withdraw
the team from the field.
Suck mad been Missed several times during
the early part of the game, and when the
crowd on the bleaching boards saw the turn
things were taking, it rushed into the field
yelling ''Mob him." "Tale him out,h and
made dash at the umpire. The players
closed around hint, and he was hustled into
the directors box. This ended the game
The score stood 5 to 4 in the visitors favor.
The home team played pretty game and
doubtless would have won with square UNI
piring. Sacks first rank decision was in
the third inning. Geiss batted a short fly
which was fielded by Macarthur. Brewer
was standing off first when the
ball was thrown, but he reached
the base several seconds in ADVANCE
of Geiss, who saw that he was unable to
make it and partly stopped running The
umpire blindly declared the runner safe
This opened the door for the visitors, and
by lucky hits and Hutchinson's wretched
work at short they piled up three runs.
After that they were shut out
uutil the eighth inning, when
rather than be robbed of the game outright
the directors withdrew the team.
Umpire Suck said last night that he did
not intend to rob anybody. If his decisions
were wrong they were errors of Judgment.
The directors and crowd did not seem to
take that view of it, and Sucks position for
awhile was not altogether an enviable one
The game was sharply contested by both
teams. Macarthur had good control of the
ball and was very effective. He was ad-
mirably supported by Dallas Reilly's wild
throw to first base, letting runner home,
was the only fielding error made, except
two by Hutchinson. The Pelicans played
well together. Aydelotte, though not as
effective a pitcher as Macarthur, held the
locals down to ten hits. The following is
the score: